SYMHC Live: The USO and Bob Hope

Bob Hope holds a golf club as he stands on stage and smiles with Les Brown's band, during a 1967 USO show. Photo by Newsmakers/Getty Images

This show was performed live at the National WWII Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana. It covers a brief overview of USO history, and then delves into Bob Hope's involvement with the organization, which started in the early 1940s and continued for 50 years.

Our deepest gratitude goes out to the museum for inviting us and for giving us the most wonderful experience. We loved our time in New Orleans.

If you'd like to check out the museum's podcast, Service on Celluloid, which examines how WWII has been represented in film, you can find it on iTunes and Soundcloud.

Holly's Research:

Beamish, Richard Joseph and Francis Andrew March. “America’s Part in the World War.” John C. Winston Company. 1919.